War Hero Stripped for Drunken Clash at Major's Home
Marine Medal of Honor recipient Alfred Lee McLaughlin, famed for defending a Korea outpost, was court-martialed for a March 26 incident at a reserve unit in Georgia. He faced a four-member board, fined $120, three months hard labor, and reduced to private after a confrontation with Maj. Henry Checkley. Police reported the scuffle occurred in the major's yard with McLaughlin armed and intoxicated, though details remain sparse.
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Korea
Alfred Lee McLaughlin
Leeds
Ala
Eisenhower
Bray
McLaughlin
Bama
Checklau
White House
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower as Single Interest Government
Adlai Stevenson accused the Eisenhower administration of being a single interest government and urged voters to switch to the Democratic party. He framed the incident as a political appeal while campaigning in Ohio and Tennessee.
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Stevenson
Ohio
Adlai Hl. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Driver Fined and jailed for traffic violations and drunken driving
William A McNabb, 19, of 826 Park Ave, received 100 dollars and 30 days for driving while intoxicated, 100 dollars and 30 days for no operator's license, and 25 dollars for insurance. Alfred Miner, 35, of 116 E Kennedy Sr, was fined after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Police state McNabb was arrested Sept 45 after veering off the road into a porch. McNabb has served 28 days of the sentence. The report also notes a broader political column discussing Eisenhower and Stevenson.
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Tammn H. Preston
Wiliam A McNabb
Park Ave
Lcense
Preston
Teal
Palice
NeNabb
Circle RL
McNabb
Hall
Miner
Onondaga
Lake Bart
Eisenhower pledges atomic age school plan in Tacoma speech
President Eisenhower promised to push a five year school construction program at the start of the next Congress while charging Adlai Stevenson with political fables. Speaking at a Citizens for Eisenhower rally in Tacoma after a West Coast tour, he urged youth preparation for the atomic age and avoided naming Stevenson in criticism.
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Tacoma
Wish
Eisenhower
Mwe
Adlai Stevenson
Citizens For
College of Puget Sound
Sir Congress
Aysin
Congress
America
Politien
Nixon bids for voters of 1960 at Cornell campus
Vice President Nixon, riding Eisenhower’s popularity, faced a nationally televised press conference funded by the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. College editors from 42 papers in 15 states posed sharp questions, and Nixon handled the session well with no major new disclosures. The event, at Cornell University, was billed as a significant test of his appeal to college voters.
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Supmergers
Stevenson
Michigan
Flint
Mich
Democratic Party
Taamside
Sapiro
Eisenhower
Walter F. McQuinness
Ithaca
Nixon
Cornell University
Nixott
State Board of Control rules on city aid for state funds
The California State Board of Control clarified policy allowing up to one dollar of state aid for a city’s expenses. A formal attorney renewal opinion was obtained, addressing how funds may be allocated for natal expenses and accounts.
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Sacramento
Calit
Lippi
California’State Board of Control
Weill
Renewal
Editorial Page Teases Social Security for Women Readers
A note previews Sylvia Porter explaining steps for American women now eligible for Social Security under the new law. The paper lists features on pages 9 through 38 including Amusements, Senior Forum, Radio TV, Classifieds, Women, City Life, Editorials, Sports, and Financial sections.
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Iit
Sylvia! Porter
Amusments ST
Brice S8radio-Tv
Heaths
Jetters
I Financial
New York Daily News Poll Finds Eisenhower Ahead
The New York Daily News reports early returns from a state straw poll show Dwight D. Eisenhower leading Adlai E. Stevenson 59.2 to 40.8 percent among 2,297 votes counted in New York. The paper plans to poll about 20,000 residents through house to house canvassing and notes it has conducted 23 polls with a strong accuracy record.
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New York
Daily News
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eigemeer
Stevenson
Trains Crash Near Inverness Kills Four in Florida
Four men were killed and four injured when two freight trains crashed head on near Pineola twelve miles south of Inverness Florida. Both engines burned and bodies were badly charred. Victims were rushed to Hernando County Hospital by Brooksville. Tracks north of Inverness were washed away and one train had been rerouted to dodge the danger.
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Inverness
Fla
Pineola
Chuckle Caption Exchange Between Wile and Him
A lighthearted panel shows a man asking for a hat as a gag. Wile responds with playful insistence, turning the moment into a playful back and forth.
Groves Bid Lone On Oswego Blvd Arterial Project
Groves and Sons Co of Court Street Re entered a lone bid of 7 084 821 in Albany for the Oswego Blvd arterial project, the major expressway section. The bid, announced by Public Works Superintendent John W. Johnson, was within the 8 051 000 estimate. Construction would start next month with a completion target of Nov 1 1958. The project marks the first in upstate New York to qualify for 30 percent federal funding under the Federal Highway Act. The 2 67 mile section runs from James St along Oswego Blvd across Hiawatha Blvd and the New York Central Rail Road to the Park St interchange, including 5 96 miles of access roads and eight bridges or structures.
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Groves & Sons Co
Court Street Re
Albany
Oswego Blvd
Public Works
John W. Johnson
Johnson
Upstate
James St
Hiawatha Blvd
New York Central Rail
Park St
Two Meyerrald youths plead not guilty to burglary
Police court heard two 18 year olds Paul E. Furlong Jr and Gerald J. Wallace plead not guilty to burglary in connection with school vandalism. Two 15 year olds were turned over to Children's Court after arrest in the same investigation. Police said the group opened Webster and Grant schools damaging classrooms and stealing coins, with earlier incidents linking to air rifle pellet damage and break ins.
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Children’s Court
P. Leo Dorsey
Paul E. Furlong Jr
Owl St
Gerald J. Wallace
Woodruff
Genegiesal Ectric Co
Pale Wai
Fox
Furlong
Wallace
Ranage
Grant J
Grant Junior High
Webster School
Stupid Robot Can Compose Tunes on Campus
Cambridge report says a Remington Band gift university lab created a Univac robot that can compose music electronically. Dr Anthony Octingey notes the device is "remarkably stupid" until guided by a human, but with proper coaxing it can generate tunes.
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Cambridge, Mass
UNS
Yarvard Yard
Jibel OA
Pan Alley Lunes
Anthony
Octingey
Univac
Remington Band
Voters Speak on Big City Shifts in Democratic Grip
In a examination of urban voting patterns, analyst Samuel Lihell argues that the Democratic stronghold in big cities is eroding. He cites changes in Irish and ethnic blocs, rising rents, and shifting loyalties across Boston districts from Hyde Park to West End, noting impacts on the 1940s political landscape.
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Samuel Lihell
America
Ant
Ever County
Wid Tig City
Fedimme
IE Adiai Stevenson
Democrata
Atala Seceenis Pastagty Fies
Leittes
Sar Sma Oe Af Soritt
West
Apeistri
Sean
Boston
Hyde Park
East German workers strike amid protest in four factories
Berlin reports in Der Tag claim workers in four East German heavy industries refused to work in protest over bad pay. About 20 percent of police and security forces were dispatched to Magdeburg where factories resumed despite unrest. striking workers face Communist bans on strike actions.
Three Americans and German win 1956 Nobel Prize in medicine
Stockholm AP reports Prof. Dickinson W. Richards of Columbia, Dr. Andre Cournand, and Dr. Werner Forssman shared the Nobel Prize for medicine for advancing heart catheterization. Richards and Cournand led the method at Columbia. Forssman’s early self-experimentation prompted medical debate. Columbia officials praised the trio's contributions as highly important.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dickinson W. Richards
Columbia University
Andre Cormand
Columbia
Germany
Werner Forssman
Medijvalde Surgical Clinic
Forssman
United States
Cournand
Richards
Robert Loch
Department of Medicine
Jeer
Alfred Nobel
Police Solve Grant High Vandalism Case Through Forensics
Police identified culprits after a vandalism spree at Grant High School. Investigators collected fingerprints from furniture, dusted classrooms for prints, and found a diamond-shaped logo on a blackboard. Witnesses aided the inquiry, leading to arrests and confirmation of the suspects' links to the act.
Organ Reports Weather via Unusual Channel in Blackpool
An English organist described a weather report received through an organ stop as a Royal Air Force observer noted a trough of low pressure moving from the North Sea. The incident, linked to Barton-Paumanaw radio transmissions, raised questions about aviation conditions and the organ’s eerie voice in Blackpool.
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Blackpool
England
Wynne
Strugs
Bratstead
Harry Wynne
John Janevi
Barton - Paumanaw
Fegmmans
British Isles
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